# @kirstenalana on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Buv_w3zhg-B
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2429658-kirstenalana-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2019-03-08T14:01:51.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kirsten Alana (@KirstenAlana) — https://gondola.cc/KirstenAlana

## Caption

For my overnight in Santa Barbara with Focus Features this week, hosted but unpaid, we stayed at @rcbacarasantabarbara. Bacara was honored as one of the Top Resorts in Southern California in @cntraveler’s 2018 Readers’ Choice Awards. Rain poured down on us for almost our entire time on property and we weren’t actually there much, except to sleep. But I had to capture a photo or two of the beautiful Spanish Mission-inspired architecture similar to that which has thrilled me since my first ever visit to Southern California. I’m longing to return for a proper stay. If that happens, I’d attend their complimentary happy hour on the patio with its fireplace and twinkle lights under soaring palm trees, to sample California wines. Or indulge in the spa and outdoor pools, the larger of which is designed so perfectly that the edge of the pool merges with the horizon of the sea just beyond. While I was disappointed by how much plastic the resort uses, which could easily [but perhaps not cheaply] be replaced with more eco-friendly alternatives, I was thrilled to see Ritz-Carlton partnered with local Chumash artisans and herbalists to create the Chumash Nature Trail. It’s a self-guided trail that hugs the coastline for a while and features descriptive signs explaining the use of specific plants in the indigenous group’s culture. Inside the hotel just off the lobby, there’s also a wonderfully-curated exhibit with artifacts, stories and even video that explains more about the Chumash people whose ancestral land Santa Barbara occupies. The resort also offers Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ambassadors of the Environment programming for children and adults.
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#RCMemories #RCBacara #rcbacarasantabarbara #SantaBarbara #RitzCarlton #SeeSB

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santabarbara, seesb, rcmemories, ritzcarlton, rcbacarasantabarbara, rcbacara

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